All Blog Posts Tagged 'designing' (6)

Dear Self,
When knitting top down garments please remember that you hate having to fuss with turning an entire sweater around in your lap once you go back and begin working the sleeves. Yes, it is very convenient to not have to sew seams. Yes, I agree top down raglans are very sweet. But please, please, try and remember to stop shortly after separating the sleeve stitches and put the point protectors on your circular needle, drag out some dpns, and get to work on those blasted sleeves… Continue

So I'm in the process of designing and knitting a new garment that I am not at liberty to divulge the details of right now. You will all have to hang tight and watch back here sometime in late Summer. With that being said, I'm going to talk about the design while attempting to remain a little cryptic. (I've decided that as long as I don't give details, or show photos it's all still cool.)

The design is, as I already mentioned, a garment. Sorry, no hints on construction or shaping or… Continue

I feel like I've launched a bunch of new patterns recently. Not all of them I remembered to dedicate individual blog posts to. So, to rectify that situation, I figured I could do a little gallery of some designs all in one post, which would be this very entry you're perusing right now.

This will work. I keep telling myself that every day. It is possible. Right? Or do I live in a daydream? I sort of do, I've come to terms with that for the most part, but part of this dream will become a working reality. Simply put– it has to. It has to or else I need to get my butt in gear and figure something else out. I don't want to figure something else out, though.… Continue

What a day so far today! The goodness started last night, which was really today anyway considering it was around 1am....
I spent the entire day yesterday with Chris. We both had the day off, so we were out and about doing errands that needed doing. Laundry, car wash, that sort of thing. By the time we finally made it home to hang out I was really too tired to knit. I did try, though. Gave it a valiant effort, but sleepiness overcame me and I ended up passing out while the guys chilled. I… Continue